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Wouldn't happen to have any suggested readings for ML narrative theory would you?
I'm unsure how ML these suggestions are but maybe they'll help.
Bertolt Brecht could be a start. And/or Walter Benjamin?
Michael Rosen wrote a book called The Author. It's more about narrative/poetry for children. I'll dig out my copy and see if it might be relevant.
I believe China Miéville edited a collection of essays on Marxism and sci fi. Don't think he's ML. You could do worse that carefully read and analyse his The City and the City, then do the same to the TV miniseries adaptation.
Might also be worth a ctrl+f+'Aristotle' in Marx's works, probably starting with Capital, then reading Aristotle's Poetics in light of Marx's broader engagement with him.
Karl Marx and World Literature by SS Prawer could be relevant.
I think he's a Trotskyist but Terry Eagleton is sure to have written something about narrative. His intro to literary theory has some great bits.
Edit: I read the thread out of order and realised you were reply-asking @Adhriva@lemmygrad.ml, who might actually have some relevant recommendations! Hopefully that's the case because I'm also interested ☺️
Of a strictly ML nature, not many immediately come to mind. We have the Socialist Realism movement, but it is often examined through a western lens, which loses much of its nuance unless the audience is well-versed in art history. A few speeches by important figures touch on art and it's purpose, but rarely in a way that would help us construct better, more engaging stories. But all this was also the problem identified. We don't have a strong tradition to compete with capitalist media and their methods of confining stories to mere, and often shallow, entertainment. And what examples I have stumbled across, such as Han Qixiang, I'm not fluent enough in the language or culture to delve into their work as much as I'd want for contextual analysis to really comment or advocate from. And Western works, usually more hidden in history (pockets of French and German expression), such as Walter Benjamin's DER ERZAHLER, I should probably re-visit before fully recommending since the last time I read through it I was only a baby commie.